Does mink sweater pilling? How to maintain the mink velvet sweater?

Post time: Jul-12-2022

In our ordinary life, often can see someone wearing mink sweater, mink sweater style atmosphere fashion, has been very popular, mink sweater wear on the body looks very soft and cute, but also very warm and comfortable.

  Mink sweater pilling?

Mink sweater is wool, rabbit hair. The actual mink sweater is a mixture of wool, raccoon hair and other hair, just like wool will pilling is a normal phenomenon.

It is normal for a mink velvet sweater to pucker up after a long time of wear. Pilling is common to fleece products. Pile fabric in the process of wearing and use, highlighting the surface of the fabric short fibers easy to tangle into a ball, affecting the appearance caused by felt and, especially high-end products have a close, soft, smooth demand, which will increase this trend, pilling and raw material performance, spinning and dyeing process, weaving structure, wearing way related. The influence of raw materials and spinning and dyeing on pilling is complex, and the mechanism is still being explored, overly pursuing anti-pilling.

Does mink sweater pilling? How to maintain the mink velvet sweater?

  How to take care of and keep mink velvet

(1) Do not place the fur near a window with strong sunlight. It is best to hang it in a place with low light, low temperature and humidity and good ventilation. Make sure there will be no hot water pipes or steam pipes near the clothing storage place, and don’t forget that fur likes dry environment.

(2) Hang your fur garments on special hangers with high strength and wide shoulders and cover them with a silk hood and store them in an airy closet. The high strength hanger can keep the collar from collapsing on the shoulders, the wide shoulders can keep the garment in shape, and the silk hood can ensure a good ventilation for the fur.

(3) advocate to give fur “breathing” space. Fur needs a relatively large place to be stored, and there should be at least 6 cm of space between it and other clothes for the fur to “breathe” freely. Never put the fur in a plastic bag or folded tightly in the suitcase, the air is not circulating, it will make the fur dry and wet unevenly, the fur deformation or even off.

Does mink sweater pilling? How to maintain the mink velvet sweater?

  How to deal with mink sweater pilling

The correct method is to use scissors to gently cut off the pile after washing, and after several washes, the pilling phenomenon will gradually disappear as some loose fibers fall off. For less localized pilling, use your fingers to gently pull it off or use small scissors to cut it off, and use a clothes brush to brush it off. For larger areas with more pilling, spread the wool sweater out on a flat table, use a brush to lightly brush the dust according to the stitching of the fabric, straighten and tense it, and use a special electric razor to gently suck it vertically to shave off the small balls.

(1)Take a light stone and gently glide it over the sweater like water skiing to get rid of a hair ball at once.

(2)The sponge used for washing dishes, preferably with a new, cleaner and also harder one, will be raised against the sweater and just have to gently slide over it.

(3) You can use transparent glue to stick, and is the kind of wide sticky good.

Does mink sweater pilling? How to maintain the mink velvet sweater?

  How to clean mink velvet without yellowing

Mink velvet is best sent to the dry cleaners to clean, after washing in a ventilated and dry place; if you clean at home, you must use professional washing products, and lay flat to dry, can not hang, otherwise it is easy to deformation. The light-colored mink velvet, especially white mink velvet, can easily become yellow and discolored if it is not cleaned and maintained properly. If you don’t feel comfortable cleaning it yourself, it is advisable to send it to a professional dry cleaner to avoid fading the mink velvet.